Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
AYN RANDShe did not know the nature of her loneliness.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible.
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The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment’s torture.
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If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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The entire history of science is a progression of exploded fallacies.
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Man will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience a sense of self-esteem.
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Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
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I am done with this creed of corruption.
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A culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.
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There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism – by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.
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My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
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Don’t fool yourself, my dear. You’re much worse than a bitch. You’re a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.
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Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
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To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
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